November 17, 2008
The University has been a leader in energy conservation and environmental stewardship for decades, long before “campus sustainability” became a buzzword. Web site highlights Those who visit the site will learn: • Earth Day was co-founded in 1970 by the late Morton Hilbert, who was a professor in the School of Public Health • In…
November 17, 2008
October 2008 crime map > Burglaries reported from residence hall rooms Reports of thefts from open residence hall rooms have increased this fall. Eight burglaries were reported in October and five more as of Nov. 11. In each case the room resident told police the room door had been left ajar. Although the thief did…
November 17, 2008
President Mary Sue Coleman, right, and Bruce Bickner, chair of Campaign Steering Committee for Law and member of President’s Advisory Group, unfurl a banner during a site dedication for a new Law School academic building at the corner of State and Monroe streets. Calling the Law Quadrangle a “true architectural treasure,” Coleman said “few buildings…
November 17, 2008
Classical guitar may not have been the start of Matthew Ardizzone’s career, but he has made a living from the music that he loves. Ardizzone has been an admissions officer at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance since 2006. His job is dictated by the seasonal influx of students applying for admittance to the…
November 17, 2008
Learn more about noise-induced hearing loss > About 10 million people in the United States alone — from troops returning from war to students with music blasting through headphones — are suffering from impairing noise-induced hearing loss. The rising trend is something that researchers and physicians at the Kresge Hearing Research Institute are hoping to…
November 17, 2008
The chairs and eminent researchers from 16 university and academic medical centers met Oct. 24 for a historic charter adoption ceremony at the Comprehensive Depression Center. The ceremony capped 18 months of work to establish a charter for the National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC), a 501(c) 3 organization patterned after the National Comprehensive Cancer…
November 10, 2008
1960s folk icon McDonald to visit A 1960s folk icon, Country Joe McDonald rallied thousands during his concerts and appearances at protests against the Vietnam War. His sardonic song, “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag” (“It’s one, two, three, What are we fightin’ for?”) captured the sad absurdity of the days of rage,…
November 10, 2008
Janai Brugger as Tatyana and Monique Holmes as her sister Olga look forward to Tatyana’s Name Day Ball in the University Opera Theatre production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” Nov. 13-16 at the Power Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets call the League Ticket Office at 764-2538. (Photo by Peter Smith Photography)
November 10, 2008
For her work advocating the educational value of affirmative action and diverse perspectives in the classroom, President Mary Sue Coleman has received a Humanitarian of the Year award. Former Regent David Brandon, CEO of Domino’s Pizza, presents President Mary Sue Coleman with the Humanitarian of the Year award at Cobo Hall. (Photo by Martin Vloet,…
November 10, 2008
The film “Memorial Projects” is by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, known for his explorations of Vietnamese history and national identity. It is at 5:10 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Michigan Theater, in a Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitors Series presentation sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the School of Art & Design. (Photo courtesy…
